#162D4E#162D4E

#162D4E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.067 H 257.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162D4E
RGB	rgb(22, 45, 78)
HSL	hsl(215, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(215, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 42.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.35, 3.43, -23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.35, 23.26, 278.48°)
OKLab	oklab(29.7% -0.0144 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(29.7% 0.067 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.6439, 2.5971, 7.5682)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162D4E #4E3716

analogous

#16494E #162D4E #1B164E

triadic

#162D4E #4E162D #2D4E16

tetradic

#162D4E #4E1649 #4E3716 #164E1B

square

#162D4E #4E1649 #4E3716 #164E1B

split-complementary

#162D4E #4E1B16 #494E16

monochromatic

#070E18 #09111E #162D4E #23497E #3164AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#162D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#162D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162D4E

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162D4E	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E304F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 45, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.067 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6580',
    500: '#162d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162d4e;
$custom-light: #5a6580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.357,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29703,
    "c": 0.06698,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162D4E

secondary

#85673A

accent

#A149DF

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162D4E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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